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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 12
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Ezekiel makes himself a type of scattering of Jews from Jerusalem—He then prophesies their scattering among all nations.
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The</span> word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> also came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 2: 5; Ezek. 44: 6.">rebellious</a> house, which have <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 76: 116 (116-118).">eyes</a> to see, and <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/12/2c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Spiritual Blindness; TG Watchfulness.">see</a> not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they <i>are</i> a rebellious house.
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Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/3a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB vessels, or equipment.">stuff</a> for <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/3b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB exile.">removing</a>, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they <i>be</i> a rebellious house.
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Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
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Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
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In their sight shalt thou bear <i>it</i> upon <i>thy</i> shoulders, <i>and</i> carry <i>it</i> forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/6a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR land.">ground</a>: for I have set thee <i>for</i> a <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/6b" mark="b" type="C" title="Ezek. 24: 24; TG Signs.">sign</a> unto the house of Israel.
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And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/7a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB evening.">even</a> I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought <i>it</i> forth in the twilight, <i>and</i> I bare <i>it </i>upon <i>my</i> shoulder in their sight.
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&#182; And in the morning came the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto me, saying,
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Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 17: 12.">rebellious</a> house, said unto thee, <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 24: 19; Ezek. 37: 18.">What</a> doest thou?
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Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; This burden <i>concerneth</i> the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that <i>are</i> among them.
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Say, I <i>am</i> your <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/11a" mark="a" type="F" title="OR type (of things to come); TG Signs.">sign</a>: like as I have <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 24: 24.">done</a>, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove <i>and</i> go into captivity.
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And the prince that <i>is</i> among them shall <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/12a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE the baggage of exile.">bear</a> upon <i>his</i> shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with <i>his</i> eyes.
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My <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 17: 20; Ezek. 32: 3; Hosea 7: 12.">net</a> also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands.">Babylon</a> <i>to</i> the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/12/13c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 39: 7; Jer. 52: 11.">see</a> it, though he shall die there.
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 25: 5.">scatter</a> toward every wind all that <i>are</i> about him to help him, and all his <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/14b" mark="b" type="Q" title="HEB troops; Ezek. 17: 21.">bands</a>; and I will draw out the <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/12/14c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 5: 2.">sword</a> after them.
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And they shall know that I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, when I shall <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Scattering of.">scatter</a> them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
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But I will leave a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Remnant of.">few</a> men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I <i>am </i>the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; Moreover the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came to me, saying,
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Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/18a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB apprehension, or anxiety.">carefulness</a>;
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And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, <i>and</i> of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/19a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB dismay.">astonishment</a>, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 107: 34.">violence</a> of all them that dwell therein.
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And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; And the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, what <i>is</i> that proverb <i>that</i> ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
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Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/23a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE fulfillment.">effect</a> of every vision.
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For there shall be no more any vain vision nor <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Flattery.">flattering</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sorcery.">divination</a> within the house of Israel.
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For I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: I will speak, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 55: 11.">word</a> that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/12/25b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Promises.">word</a>, and will perform it, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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&#182; Again the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came to me, saying,
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Son of man, behold, <i>they of</i> the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth <i>is</i> for many days <i>to come,</i> and he prophesieth of the times <i>that are</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/12/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 6: 3.">far</a> off.
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Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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